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Legier (504) 599-8300 1100 Poydras Street • 34th Floor • Energy Centre • New Orleans, LA 70163 Telephone (504) 561-0020 • Facsimile (504) 561-0023 • http://www.legier.com Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 63, No. 4 249 250 December 2015 / January 2016 ® December 2015 / January 2016 Volume 63, Number 4 Lawyers in Libraries Departments Features Editor’s Message .................. 254 Louisiana Attorneys Volunteer Time Day of President’s Message ............ 256 and Talent for “Lawyers in Libraries” Day of Service Programs Service Association Actions .............. 270 By Michael W. Schachtman ............ 258 Practice Management........... 273 Lawyers Assistance .............. 274 Treacherous Territory: Lessor Liability Focus on Diversity ................ 275 for the Condition of Premises Puzzle ................................... 276 and Its Proper Limitation by Contract By Melissa T. Lonegrass ................ 260 Focus on Professionalism .... 277 Discipline Reports................. 279 Portraits & Perspectives: Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justices Recent Developments .......... 281 One on One with Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Greg G. Guidry Young Lawyers ..................... 299 Interviewed by Margaret E. Judice ........................................................................264 Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education .............. 302 Book Review: Dictionary of the Civil Code Judicial Notes ....................... 304 Translation under the supervision of Alain A. Levasseur and People .................................. 306 Marie-Eugénie Laporte-Legeais Reviewed by Benjamin West Janke ........................................................................268 News..................................... 310 Classified .............................. 316 Legal Services Directory....... 318 The Last Word ...................... 320 2016 Also Inside EXPERT WITNESS, CONSULTANT & LEGAL Member Services.......... 305, 309 SERVICES DIRECTORY Judicial Interest Rate ............ 255 Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline.. 276 Attorney Fee Review Board.. 282 Pro Bono Hero ...................... 295 Code of Professionalism....... 298 2016 Expert Witness, Consultant & Legal SOLACE ............................... 300 Services Directory Supplement to Louisiana Bar Journal Check out the separate supplement mailed Advertisers’ Index ................. 319 Supplement to the Louisiana Bar Journal 1 with this issue! 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For more info, please visit www.NADN.org/about EDITOR’S MESSAGE Looking Forward to 2016 and Wonderful Opportunities! By Alainna R. Mire h, the holidays! As lawyers, many of us place more im- being mindful of our judiciary and the state What a joyous portance on the profession, status and the of Louisiana. When our judiciary is attacked, people around us that count on us for support. it makes all of us look bad. When our state time of year for We do not always take into account our own is attacked, it makes all of us look worse. some. For me, it health and feelings. Personally, it has always We should not wait for a tragic event to Ois not filled with so much. The been easier for me to try to please everyone occur, such as the Grand Theater shooting and do what is asked of me than to not make in Lafayette, for the entire state to come holidays are always a great the attempt. This behavior often tends to together as one. source of stress for me and, place additional stress on the person doing all I’m proud to be a Louisiana attorney lately, sadness. A few years ago, the giving. It has also caused friction in the who was born and raised in Scott. I hope workplace because some individuals may that each of you is proud to be a Louisiana I suffered a great loss the